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The Cost of Poor Web Performance

34 points by Baustin 13y ago

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cliveowen 13y ago
Unreacheable, talk about irony.
- mike-cardwell 13y ago
  https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:blog.smartbear.com/web-performance/the-cost-of-poor-web-performance-infographic/ https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:blog.s...
rschmitty 13y ago
I don't get the presidential part. Lots of statements about response time being better, then the guy with nearly double the load time won the election? Not that I'm arguing against page speed, just found that odd in the info graphic.. Also, it wouldn't hurt to perfect your load times! http://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsmartbear.com%2Fhomed%2F http://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=h... 54/100 mobile & 77/100 desktop when I tested it
- piqufoh 13y ago
  Guessing in the dark from someone who didn't follow the US election - Maybe Romney's campaign was doing better than Obama's three weeks before the vote? I do agree though, the presidential thing sounds confused.
- stefantalpalaru 13y ago
  They are somewhat confused. In the Amazon section, they write "A 1-SECOND DECREASE IN AMAZON'S PAGE LOAD TIME WOULD ANNUALLY COST [...]" instead of "increase".
piqufoh 13y ago
I've just left my current mobile phone provider (Vodafone) because of the continual problems with their website. Throughout the call to request my PAC (unlock) code every employee I spoke with didn't believe me when I said that I wanted to leave because of their site. I was offered increasingly more desperate financial 'offers' without acknowledgement of my actual complaint. Some big business' still don't relate web performance with user happiness - disappointing.
jffry 13y ago
Interesting blip in the "Conversion Rates by page load time" graph. Wonder what the reason is for the conversion rate for 0-1 seconds being markedly lower than 1-2, 2-3, and 3-4? Also, that graph really irks me. Not enough contrast, poor layout, and confusing axis labels which depend upon color. Also, is the 0.025 on the y-axis a percentage or a decimal (I think it means 2.5% conversion rate?)
maaaats 13y ago
Back in the days I used Opera Mobile for surfing on the phone, when there were no data-plans or 3G/4G as there is now. A compressed page with pictures were just a few kBs, and loaded fairly quick. But now, since the mobile net is so fast, there's little optimization done for mobile other than layout. Loading the largest newspaper in my country's mobile version is a whopping 1.5MBs with all the pictures. 2.7MB in normal. I think this is sad.
- mattmanser 13y ago
  I think a lot of this has to do with the introduction of retina displays, images seem to take up a lot.
  - hnha 13y ago
    I really wish for a browser that let's me nicely disable js, cookies, images etc per domain easily on Android.
- aestra 13y ago
  I was under the impression part of that is because of how Opera Mobile worked, they have some kinda "Turbo" mode that compressed websites and reduced downloading times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mobile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mobile
  - dredmorbius 13y ago
    Including caching of optimized content. Which played hell with the localization logic for many sites.
jnbiche 13y ago
Irony of ironies: I can't even load this page since the server is overwhelmed from HN traffic.
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  - thejosh 13y ago
    I'm from Australia and I'm having infinite loads as well. Maybe you need better tools.
- Baustin 13y ago
  Woah, looks like you're right. Didn't see it at first but it definitely doesn't seem to be loading now.
- bryan_rasmussen 13y ago
  I thought it wasn't irony, but rather the actual message.
  - Baustin 13y ago
    Yeah! See everyone, this guy got it...
sergiotapia 13y ago
Direct link since page is down: http://blog.smartbear.com/wp-content/uploads/imports/poor-web-performance-infographic%20final-resized-600.jpg http://blog.smartbear.com/wp-content/uploads/imports/poor-we... http://imgur.com/QDEAPuK http://imgur.com/QDEAPuK
- Baustin 13y ago
  Well this is embarrassing, but the irony is not lost on us: http://imgur.com/Miokv4f http://imgur.com/Miokv4f
  - hatsuseno 13y ago
    Like a train-wreck happening, meme usage also 'incorrect', red indicates the 'positive' part of, blue the awkward juxtaposition.
    - SkyMarshal 13y ago
      It's usually the opposite. Red = bad/wrong/stop, Green/Blue = good/right/go.
  - pc86 13y ago
    I'm pretty sure you inverted those.
- neosergio 13y ago
  is back now
MaxGabriel 13y ago
I really wish you wouldn't disable pinch to zoom on your website. The text on the info graphic was far too small to read.

34 points by Baustin 13y ago

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cliveowen 13y ago

Unreacheable, talk about irony.

mike-cardwell 13y ago
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:blog.smartbear.com/web-performance/the-cost-of-poor-web-performance-infographic/ https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:blog.s...

rschmitty 13y ago

I don't get the presidential part. Lots of statements about response time being better, then the guy with nearly double the load time won the election? Not that I'm arguing against page speed, just found that odd in the info graphic.. Also, it wouldn't hurt to perfect your load times! http://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsmartbear.com%2Fhomed%2F http://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=h... 54/100 mobile & 77/100 desktop when I tested it

piqufoh 13y ago
Guessing in the dark from someone who didn't follow the US election - Maybe Romney's campaign was doing better than Obama's three weeks before the vote? I do agree though, the presidential thing sounds confused.
stefantalpalaru 13y ago
They are somewhat confused. In the Amazon section, they write "A 1-SECOND DECREASE IN AMAZON'S PAGE LOAD TIME WOULD ANNUALLY COST [...]" instead of "increase".

piqufoh 13y ago

I've just left my current mobile phone provider (Vodafone) because of the continual problems with their website. Throughout the call to request my PAC (unlock) code every employee I spoke with didn't believe me when I said that I wanted to leave because of their site. I was offered increasingly more desperate financial 'offers' without acknowledgement of my actual complaint. Some big business' still don't relate web performance with user happiness - disappointing.

jffry 13y ago

Interesting blip in the "Conversion Rates by page load time" graph. Wonder what the reason is for the conversion rate for 0-1 seconds being markedly lower than 1-2, 2-3, and 3-4? Also, that graph really irks me. Not enough contrast, poor layout, and confusing axis labels which depend upon color. Also, is the 0.025 on the y-axis a percentage or a decimal (I think it means 2.5% conversion rate?)

maaaats 13y ago

Back in the days I used Opera Mobile for surfing on the phone, when there were no data-plans or 3G/4G as there is now. A compressed page with pictures were just a few kBs, and loaded fairly quick. But now, since the mobile net is so fast, there's little optimization done for mobile other than layout. Loading the largest newspaper in my country's mobile version is a whopping 1.5MBs with all the pictures. 2.7MB in normal. I think this is sad.

mattmanser 13y ago
I think a lot of this has to do with the introduction of retina displays, images seem to take up a lot.
- hnha 13y ago
  I really wish for a browser that let's me nicely disable js, cookies, images etc per domain easily on Android.
aestra 13y ago
I was under the impression part of that is because of how Opera Mobile worked, they have some kinda "Turbo" mode that compressed websites and reduced downloading times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mobile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mobile
- dredmorbius 13y ago
  Including caching of optimized content. Which played hell with the localization logic for many sites.

jnbiche 13y ago

Irony of ironies: I can't even load this page since the server is overwhelmed from HN traffic.

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- thejosh 13y ago
  I'm from Australia and I'm having infinite loads as well. Maybe you need better tools.
Baustin 13y ago
Woah, looks like you're right. Didn't see it at first but it definitely doesn't seem to be loading now.
bryan_rasmussen 13y ago
I thought it wasn't irony, but rather the actual message.
- Baustin 13y ago
  Yeah! See everyone, this guy got it...

sergiotapia 13y ago

Direct link since page is down: http://blog.smartbear.com/wp-content/uploads/imports/poor-web-performance-infographic%20final-resized-600.jpg http://blog.smartbear.com/wp-content/uploads/imports/poor-we... http://imgur.com/QDEAPuK http://imgur.com/QDEAPuK

Baustin 13y ago
Well this is embarrassing, but the irony is not lost on us: http://imgur.com/Miokv4f http://imgur.com/Miokv4f
- hatsuseno 13y ago
  Like a train-wreck happening, meme usage also 'incorrect', red indicates the 'positive' part of, blue the awkward juxtaposition.
  - SkyMarshal 13y ago
    It's usually the opposite. Red = bad/wrong/stop, Green/Blue = good/right/go.
- pc86 13y ago
  I'm pretty sure you inverted those.
neosergio 13y ago
is back now

MaxGabriel 13y ago

I really wish you wouldn't disable pinch to zoom on your website. The text on the info graphic was far too small to read.